animated cartoons are made by artists. whatever the method the goal is the same: the illusion of life

May 30, 2006

Really rough Moores

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I have no way of knowing, but I'd bet that these two sheets were done at another animator's desk, demonstrating a principle or two. Of course, the young animator(and judging from the look of the drawings, likely c.late 1930s-early 40s, everybody was young then--except Grim Natwick)stowed them away and kept them, never throwing them away. I've seen a lot of Fred Moore's beautiful watercolor and ink gift drawings and his even more lovely animation, but looking at these originals, humble as they are, I was really thrilled. You can just see people think in drawings like these. More to come.